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English Midterm Voc

Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Kirk (noun) A church, especially one in Scotland
Sycophant (noun) A person who tries to win people's favor by flattering them
Trencher (noun) 1. A digger of trenches; 2. A large wooden platter used for serving food
Sprite (noun) an elf or fairy or goblin
Cavillers (noun) a person who raises petty objections
Moreen (noun) a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
Accountrements (noun) equipment, a soldier's outfit other than weapons and clothes
Raiment (noun) clothing
Yeoman (noun) a man who owns and works a small farm
Indemnity (noun) protection or insurance against penalties incurred by one's actions
Promontories (noun) high land jutting out into a lake or the sea
Preternatural (adj) outside the normal course of nature, unusual
Ligature (noun) a thing used in tying, especially in surgical operations
Bilious (adj) suffering from a sickness assumed to be caused by too much bile
Ignominy (noun) disgrace, humiliation
Torpid (adj) sluggish and inactive
Heterogeneous (adj) made up of people or things that are unlike each other
Vassalage (noun) 1. the condition or service of a vassal; 2. land held by a vassal
Gamut (noun) the whole series or scope or range of anything
Sanguine (adj) hopeful, optimistic
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